Exploring the biosynthesis of unsaturated fatty acids in Bacillus cereus ATCC 14579 and functional characterization of novel acyl-lipid desaturases

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 6271-6279

  Cifré, Lorena Chazarreta ^a   Alemany, Mariana ^a   de Mendoza, Diego ^a   Altabe, Silvia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; DESATURASE ACTIVITY; ELECTRON DONORS; FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERIZATION; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; LOW TEMPERATURES; OPEN READING FRAME; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CHARACTERIZATION; ENCODING (SYMBOLS); PHOSPHOLIPIDS; UNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS;

BACILLUS CEREUS;

BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FATTY ACID; HOMOLOGY; LOW TEMPERATURE; PHOSPHOLIPID; SUBSTRATE;

ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; FERREDOXIN; FLAVODOXIN; PHOSPHOLIPID DESATURASE; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FATTY ACID DESATURASES; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FERREDOXINS; FLAVODOXIN; GENE EXPRESSION; OXIDATION-REDUCTION;

EID: 84885048832     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01761-13     Document Type: Article

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